Worthington · Hampshire County
Check an Address in Worthington
The Town Around It
Whatever the address, these are Worthington's numbers. Each one opens the full record.
Flood, Town-wide
Mapped Flood Zones Present
Parts of this town are inside mapped special flood hazard areas, where flood insurance is required for most mortgages and building is regulated. Whether a specific property is inside one is a parcel-level question, check the address, not the town.
2 federal flood-insurance claims have been filed from this town since 2003 (most recent: 2005). Counted by the claim's self-reported city, so this can undercount. History, not a prediction.
Dams in Town
Chesterfield Road Lot Pond Dam · Ward Stream
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Little Galilee Pond Dam · Tributary to Jackson Brook, tributary Little River
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Smith Farm Lower Pond Dam · Tributary to Kinne Brook
Not classified, no hazard potential classification has been published for this dam. This is not a finding that it poses no hazard.
Smith Farm Upper Pond Dam · Tributary to Kinne Brook
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
Ward Stream Dam · Ward Stream
Low hazard potential, a failure would be unlikely to cause loss of life or significant property damage.
The Cleanup Registry
Reported releases of oil or hazardous material, from the state's public registry. Being listed means a release was reported, not that it remains: the status letters run from active cleanup to closed. An empty list is a registry fact, not a clean bill of environmental health.
- FORMER ALBERT FARMS · 299 HUNTINGTON RD · state file 1-0016534 (TIER1D)
1 of the town's closed cleanups carry a recorded land-use restriction: the deed limits what the property may be used for. Each links to its state file above; ask for the restriction's text before buying one.
Water at the Address
Public water systems in town: WORTHINGTON FIRE DISTRICT. Service areas have edges; an address outside them is on a well. No municipal sewer: septic systems, which state law has inspected at the time of sale. Bedrock well yield in town rates "average specific yield".
The Busiest Roads
- WORTHINGTON ROAD (Route-112)1,923 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- HUNTINGTON ROAD (Route-112)1,923 vehicles/day (2024 count)
- DINGLE ROAD (Route-112)935 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- CUMMINGTON ROAD (Route-112)935 vehicles/day (2023 count)
- WILLIAMSBURG ROAD (Route-112)917 vehicles/day (2024 count)
The state counts major roads on a rotating schedule; each figure carries its own count year, and a quiet lane's absence from this list is not zero cars.
Zoning & Old Houses
No machine-readable zoning reference is on record for this town; the town clerk has the bylaw. 214 properties in town appear in the state's historic inventory; listed buildings can carry review requirements on exterior work.
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Sources
- FEMA flood layer via MassGIS; FEMA flood-insurance claims. Checked 2026-08-05.
- Office of Dam Safety inventory; federal inventory for federally regulated dams. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP release and land-use-restriction registries (Chapter 21E). Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDEP service registries; federal drinking-water system inventory; USGS well mapping. Checked 2026-08-05.
- MassDOT traffic count programme. Figures through the 2024 count.
- Town zoning references; Massachusetts historic inventory. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.